País de volcanes | |
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Artist | Vicente Rojo Almazán |
Year | 2003 |
Medium | Tezontle |
Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
19°26′2.76″N 99°8′39.31″W / 19.4341000°N 99.1442528°W | |
Preceded by | Estela solar [1] |
Followed by | Atlante 1 and Atlante 2 [1] |
País de volcanes ( lit. transl. Country of Volcanoes) is an outdoor fountain and sculpture by the Spanish-born Mexican artist Vicente Rojo Almazán, installed outside Mexico City's Secretariat of Foreign Affairs Building and next to the Memory and Tolerance Museum, in Mexico. [2] It is a 1,000 square meters (11,000 sq ft) artwork [3] that features 1,034 ocher-colored pyramids standing out of the water; [4] the artwork was made with tezontle, a type of reddish volcanic rock. The central body of the fountain contains water that flows subtly down its sides to the area with the pyramids. [5] For Jaime Moreno Villarreal of Letras Libres, the fountain is located slightly below the square level so that the viewer can appreciate the volcanic geography. [2]
Rojo got inspired on his travels across the country and by observing the mountain ranges of the country, its volcanoes and its pyramids. [5] [6] Rojo also commented that the fountain honors Lázaro Cárdenas, president of Mexico between 1934 and 1940, whom he called the " Benito Juárez of the 20th century". He also explained that the artwork's pink color was used "to soften the edges and to match the stone of the Corpus Christi temple". [7]
País de volcanes | |
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| |
Artist | Vicente Rojo Almazán |
Year | 2003 |
Medium | Tezontle |
Location | Mexico City, Mexico |
19°26′2.76″N 99°8′39.31″W / 19.4341000°N 99.1442528°W | |
Preceded by | Estela solar [1] |
Followed by | Atlante 1 and Atlante 2 [1] |
País de volcanes ( lit. transl. Country of Volcanoes) is an outdoor fountain and sculpture by the Spanish-born Mexican artist Vicente Rojo Almazán, installed outside Mexico City's Secretariat of Foreign Affairs Building and next to the Memory and Tolerance Museum, in Mexico. [2] It is a 1,000 square meters (11,000 sq ft) artwork [3] that features 1,034 ocher-colored pyramids standing out of the water; [4] the artwork was made with tezontle, a type of reddish volcanic rock. The central body of the fountain contains water that flows subtly down its sides to the area with the pyramids. [5] For Jaime Moreno Villarreal of Letras Libres, the fountain is located slightly below the square level so that the viewer can appreciate the volcanic geography. [2]
Rojo got inspired on his travels across the country and by observing the mountain ranges of the country, its volcanoes and its pyramids. [5] [6] Rojo also commented that the fountain honors Lázaro Cárdenas, president of Mexico between 1934 and 1940, whom he called the " Benito Juárez of the 20th century". He also explained that the artwork's pink color was used "to soften the edges and to match the stone of the Corpus Christi temple". [7]